Ella Cowboy — Navajo Silversmith Hallmark
Ella Cowboy's hallmark as photographed on an authenticated piece. © Turquoise Skies Inc.
Navajo · documented in the T.Skies hallmark library
Ella Cowboy is a Navajo silversmith documented in Hougart for her stamp work, shadowbox, and stone-set jewelry. She is part of the Cowboy silversmithing family: her siblings include Annie Cowboy (known for flatware and jewelry) and Jerry Cowboy (born 1957; nugget sets, stamp work, channel inlay; marks J. Cowboy with a cowboy-hat device, C, J. COWBOY). A fourth Cowboy sibling, listed as "A. Cowboy" in Hougart, worked in flatware and jewelry. Ella's mark is a single initial stamp.
The Cowboy family represents a documented Navajo silversmithing cluster, with at least four siblings active in the craft. No birth year, death year, active period dates, or award history appear for Ella Cowboy in the sources reviewed.
The mark
Per Hougart: Mark: E [single-letter stamp, no further specification given].
What is known
- Nation: Navajo
- Techniques: stamp work; shadowbox; stone sets
- Sister of Annie Cowboy and Jerry Cowboy (born 1957); also sibling of A. Cowboy
- Mark: E (single initial stamp)
- No birth year, active period, or awards documented
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References
- Hougart, Bille. Native American and Southwestern Silver Hallmarks, 5th ed. (2022), p. 97. "A. Cowboy (Navajo). Flatware; jewelry. Sister of Ella and Jerry Cowboy."; "Ella Cowboy (Navajo). Stamp work; shadowbox; stone sets. Sister of Annie and Jerry Cowboy. Mark: E."